Tai Chi Hero 2012
太极2:英雄崛起
Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 懒得 懶得 | not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to | |
| 大臣 大臣 | chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister | |
| 自尊 自尊 | self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride | |
| 报仇 報仇 | to take revenge; to avenge | |
| 软弱 軟弱 | weak; feeble; flabby | |
| 决议 決議 | a resolution; to pass a resolution | |
| 迎 迎 | to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face | |
| 上空 上空 | overhead; in the sky | |
| 扛 扛 | to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together | |
| 和尚 和尚 | Buddhist monk | |
| 一手 一手 | a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help | |
| 不妨 不妨 | there is no harm in; might as well | |
| 设法 設法 | to try; to make an attempt; to think of a way (to accomplish sth) | |
| 心爱 心愛 | beloved | |
| 耽误 耽誤 | to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with | |
| 骗人 騙人 | to cheat sb; a scam | |
| 一线 一線 | front line | |
| 缓 緩 | slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate | |
| 延 延 | to prolong; to extend; to delay | |
| 下令 下令 | to give an order; to command | |
| 头号 頭號 | first rate; top rank; number one | |
| 传闻 傳聞 | rumor | |
| 勿 勿 | do not | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 无意 無意 | inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth) | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 有机 有機 | organic | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 上司 上司 | boss; superior | |
| 盼 盼 | to hope for; to long for; to expect | |
| 摊 攤 | to spread out; vendor's stand | |
| 花样 花樣 | pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) | |
| 流浪 流浪 | to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant | |
| 八卦 八卦 | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 陷 陷 | pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect | |
| 性命 性命 | life | |
| 赐 賜 | to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] | |
| 瞄准 瞄準 | to take aim at; to target | |
| 身子 身子 | body; pregnancy; health | |
| 虚 虛 | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain | |
| 每当 每當 | whenever; every time | |
| 撕 撕 | to tear | |
| 乃 乃 | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon | |
| 训 訓 | to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule | |
| 溜 溜 | to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 颇 頗 | rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [pǒ] | |
| 凤凰 鳳凰 | Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 | |
| 沾 沾 | to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch |